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| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Ashley Bennett, son of photographer H.H. Bennett, is captured in mid-air as he jumps to Stand Rock. |
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| Description: | Man sitting on Stand Rock, a woman and child posed standing on opposite rock ledge. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Three young children playing with a wagon in a squalid alley between rows of impoverished houses. Trash and rubble litter the alley. |
| Date: | 05 07 1935 |
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| Description: | Four men are looking on during installation of a billboard designed by Hinkson Advertising Agency, at the corner of S. Park Street and Olin Avenue. The sig... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A little girl rides a tricycle in front of the Spot Lunch diner, a former streetcar. The Spot Lunch was located at 640 Williamson Street and owned by John ... |
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| Description: | Men play horseshoes on the unpaved street outside of the Merchants Inn. |
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| Description: | A group of boys gathered around a telephone pole on a street corner, captioned: "Inquisitiveness: Getting an Electric Shock." A boy on the left has some ki... |
| Date: | 08 28 1898 |
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| Description: | Syl playing with toy boats at a small pond at Reservoir Park. Other children and adults are around the pond which is on a hill. In the background below the... |
| Date: | 08 28 1898 |
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| Description: | Syl playing with other children at reservoir park near a small waterfall. Toy boats are in the pond. |
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| Description: | The children of Trong and Hong Nguyen pose on a playground structure shaped to look like the McDonald's character The Grimace. From left to right in... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A large slide at Pease's Resort on the shore of the Upper Eau Claire Lake. Children are in the water near stairs that go up the hill. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | View down street. On the left is the McCann. Undertaking building and grocery store. Two children play on a wagon on the sidewalk. Five people are gathered... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View from pier of a Native American man wearing a headdress kneeling on a tourist boat called "Black Hawk" docked under a bridge in the Wisconsin River. He... |
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| Description: | Two men playing tennis on the Birchcliff Hotel tennis court. Another group of guests are playing croquet on the lawn in the background. People relax on cha... |
| Date: | 09 03 1965 |
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| Description: | Fran Conrad is shown with golf iron in hand as he measures a putt. He is general chairman of Tamisha, and is preparing for a golf and fun outing at the Lak... |
| Date: | 08 2013 |
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| Description: | View down pier towards yacht named "Louise" tied up to a post. The yacht is used to take tourists around the lake. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of Northernaire Resort, on Deer Lake. The resort is in the foreground. Many lakes, surrounded by trees, are in the background, including Big St... |
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